Associate in Applied Science Degree
Fashion Design

The program is designed to train students in apparel design, flat pattern design, draping, fashion illustrating and in professional design room practices of tailoring. Facilities will stimulate the professional atmosphere of the fashion industry.

Graduates may find employment as couture fashion designers, mass production fashion designers, flat pattern makers, fashion illustrators and fashion coordinators.

Close cooperation between the College and the fashion industry helps to ensure the type of training the fashion industry demands. Trips to manufacturers are included.

FIRST YEAR
First Semester
English(1) 3
FAS 101 Flat Pattern Design and Draping I 3
FAS 103 Apparel Design and Construction I 3
FAS 105 Fashion Design Illustration I 1
FAS 107 Textiles I 2
FAS 110 Costume History 2
Social Science elective 3
total:   17
Second Semester
English(1) 3
FAS 102 Flat Pattern Design and Draping II 4
FAS 104 Apparel Design and Construction II 4
FAS 106 Fashion Design Illustration II 1
FAS 108 Textiles II 2
FAS 109 Fashion Arts and Design 2
total:   16

SECOND YEAR
First Semester
FAS 201 Advanced Flat Pattern Design and Draping I 4
FAS 203 Advanced Diversified Apparel Design I 4
FAS 205 Tailoring Techniques I 2
FAS 209 Advanced Fashion Illustration I 1
Mathematics elective 3
Social Science elective 3
total:   17
Second Semester
FAS 202 Advanced Flat Pattern Design and Draping II 4
FAS 204 Advanced Diversified Apparel Design II 4
FAS 206 Tailoring Techniques II 2
FAS 210 Advanced Fashion Illustration II 1
FAS 212 Visual Fashion Merchandising 2
Humanities elective 3
total:   16
  1. Students may elect ENG 100, ENG 101 or ENG 102, depending on their test scores and advice of a Student Development faculty member.
  2. A competency test, available in the testing center, may be utilized to meet the mathematics elective requirement. Students in this program who utilize the competency test to meet the mathematics requirement must complete MKT 106.
  3. ART 105 is recommended.

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